The Future of Big Data | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

Big Data: Experts say new forms of information analysis will help people be more nimble and adaptive, but worry over humansâ€™ capacity to understand and use these new tools well.

Tech experts believe the vast quantities of data that humans and machines will be creating by the year 2020 could enhance productivity, improve organizational transparency, and expand the frontier of the â€œknowable future.â€ But they worry about â€œhumanityâ€™s dashboardâ€ being in government and corporate hands and they are anxious about peopleâ€™s ability to analyze it wisely.